>> reporter: i am just off the main square and this entire area in central kiev. they are running parliament, they have taken control of presidential offices. the president that gave the televised speech is no longer here, he is on the run, unclear how much authority he still has in this country. parliament has been passing law after law and normally these have to be approved. he says he will not approve the laws, but parliament is going ahead, acting on its own authority, and it seems that we are witnessing something of a coup taking control on the side of the demonstrators, pushing aside the executive branch, which the president claims to control, although he doesn't have a great deal of authority any more here in the capital. if he arrived here, i have almost no doubt he would be grabbed and arrested by demonstrators. there are no government security forces in evidence. protesters are wandering around freely across the city, and in many cases the government forces that were here are not cooperating. >> given the fact you say he is on the run and not clear how m